Head-covering or net.



PATENTED AUG B. F. COMSTOOK.

HEAD COVERING OR NET.

APPLIOATION FILED DBO. 13, 1902.

H0 MODEL.

INVENTOR' 7 Attorney I UNITED STATES Patented August 2, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HEAD-COVERING OR NET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,426, dated Augus 2, 1904. application filed December 13,1902. Serial No. 135,110. No modelfi Tr) u/ZZ whom, it warty concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD F. CoMsrooK, a resident of Mechanicsburg, in the county of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Head-Coverings or Nets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved headcovering or net, the object of the invention being to provide improvements of this character which will most effectually protect the user while hunting, fishing, or other occupation in the open air from flies and insects of every description and which will be so made as to permit him to see through the covering with comfort, especially in the event he is compelled to wear glasses, and, further, to provide a covering which can be easily placed in position, securely held in place, and easily removed when desired and one which can be worn with comfort and pleasure.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view illustrating my improvements,and Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of the device.

1 represents a netting which may be made in the form of a hood or bag to slip over the wearers head and shoulders or may be in the form of a sheet to be thrown over the head and shoulders and may be variously made and secured in various ways. Openings are providedin the netting 1 a suitable distance apart, and rings 2 are located in these openings and have the edges of the netting secured thereto.

A pair of ordinary spectacles 3 are provided and have the portions of the frame carrying the glass or lenses secured in the rings 2 and serve the double function of. permitting the wearer to see perfectly without looking through the netting and also serve as a support or retainer for the netting to insure its remaining in proper position.

If the user is compelled to wear glasses on account of some defect in his sight, lenses to suit him may be provided in the spectacleframe, and if he does not ordinarily wear glasses plain glass is employed in the spectacles.

My improvements enable the wearer to be assured that the netting will be always in proper position to protect him from flies, insects, and the like and may be worn while sleeping, if desired.

1 am aware that nets or shields have been provided with windows through which the user is to look; but these windows are supported by the covering or by a frame and are liable to and, in fact, do become misplaced and are a detriment rather than a benefit. WVith my improvements the glasses are always hold in proper place and cannot become displaced.

A great many changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of the parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not confine myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a head-shield consisting of a single piece of netting provided with an integral top portion to extend over and cover the head of the wearer and to completely envelop the head of the wearer, said shield having openings in its front, of a combined support and attaching means for connecting said shield to the head of the wearer, consisting of an eyeglass-frame secured in said openings and constructed for attachment to the head of the wearer, said eyeglass-frame thus constituting the sole means for attaching the shield to and preventing its displacement 0n the head of the wearer, and glasses closing the openings in said eyeglass-frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

E. F. COMSTOCK. lVitnesses:

JOHN (Jr. KINNEL, GLEN BECKER. 

